News and Events
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Martian organic molecules pique our Curiosity
On 7 June 2018, Science published two important results. The two articles describe the results obtained by the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) experiment, on board the Martian rover.
News SciencesJuly 10, 2018 -
Toulouse Space Show 2018 - Space Climate...
The observatory was officially launched at the Toulouse Space Show today during the roundtable session on ‘Space Climate Observatory : Toward a World Observatory on the Impacts of...
Institutional affairsJune 28, 2018 -
ESA chooses the ARIEL telescope to observe...
ESA’s next scientific mission will focus on characterising exoplanets
News SciencesJune 27, 2018 -
Better understand solar flares to predict them
A team of French scientists has highlighted a process that could help to predict and estimate their power by studying the formation phenomena of solar flares: an essential step to...
News SciencesJune 27, 2018 -
Intense sequence for CNES, DLR and JAXA -...
The Japanese Hayabusa2 space probe has reached the end of its 3.2-billion-kilometre journey with its passenger, the French-German MASCOT (Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout) lander....
SciencesJune 27, 2018 -
Science and space outreach - CNES and...
Wednesday 27 June in Paris, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Bruno Maquart, President of Universcience, signed a new partnership agreement to step up cooperation between their...
Institutional affairsJune 27, 2018 -
The Hayabusa2 probe arrived around Ryugu
After 3.5 years of travel, the Japanese mission arrived 20 km from the asteroid Ryugu. CNES is taking part in the adventure with the little robot Mascot who will analyse its...
News SciencesJune 27, 2018 -
Prime Minister’s official visit to People’s...
On the occasion of the Prime Minister’s official visit to the People’s Republic of China from Friday 22 to Monday 25 June, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall held a first meeting...
Institutional affairsJune 25, 2018 -
CNES’s OSTM/Jason-2 oceanography satellite...
On 20 June, the OSTM/Jason-2 mission (Ocean Surface Topography Mission) will mark its 10th year in orbit. Initially intended for a three-to-five-year mission, the satellite is...
ObservationJune 21, 2018 -
STRATEOLE-2: the LOAC particle counter joins the...
In early February, the LOAC particle counter was delivered to the integration and test platform in Guyancourt. Its integration for the flying balloons Strateole-2 project took...
News ObservationJune 19, 2018 -
Strateole-2: Pico-SDLA, a new story for a balloon...
Pico-SDLA is one of the instruments that has the highest number of flights under open stratospheric balloons. In January 2019, "to celebrate" the 20 years of this family...
News ObservationJune 18, 2018 -
CNES Science Programmes Committee meets Science,...
CNES’s Science Programmes Committee (CPS) met today at the agency’s Head Office in Paris. The CPS advises the CNES Board of Directors on matters relating to space science research...
Institutional affairsJune 15, 2018 -
Life on Mars - Curiosity rover identifies methane...
Thursday 8 June, the journal Science announced that the Curiosity rover, using its SAM instrument operated from the Toulouse Space Centre in France, has identified methane and...
Institutional affairsJune 8, 2018 -
The 15th birthday of Mars-Express
Launched on 2 June 2003, the european probe left Earth to orbit around Mars.
News SciencesJune 1, 2018 -
CNES and French Science Academy renew partnership...
Tuesday 29 May, CNES President Jean-Yves Le Gall and Catherine Bréchignac, Permanent Secretary of the French Science Academy, renewed the partnership agreement signed by the two...
Institutional affairsMay 30, 2018 -
Both Grace-FO satellites are healthy
Their first science data are expected to be delivered to users in about seven months.
News SciencesMay 24, 2018 -
First test success for largest mars mission...
The largest parachute ever to fly on a Mars mission has been deployed in the first of a series of tests to prepare for the upcoming ExoMars mission that will deliver a rover and a...
News SciencesMay 23, 2018 -
Seventh sentinel satellite launched for Copernicus
The second Sentinel-3 satellite, Copernicus Sentinel-3B, was launched today, joining its identical twin Sentinel-3A in orbit. This pairing of satellites increases coverage and...
News ObservationMay 23, 2018